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Askarian, Mehrdad, Gholamhosein Kabir, Maria Aminbaig, Ziad A. Memish, and Peyman Jafari. "Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Food Service Staff Regarding Food Hygiene in Shiraz, Iran." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 25, no. 1 (January 2004): 16–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/502285.

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AbstractBackground:The practice of safety measures by the food service staff in hospitals is necessary for the prevention of food-borne outbreaks. Hospitalized patients are more vulnerable to potential hazards, and neglecting these principles can lead to increased morbidity and mortality.Methods:We assessed the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food service staff regarding food hygiene in government and private hospitals in Shiraz, Iran. Two questionnaires were designed, one for food service staff and the ofher for supervisors. Thirty-one hospitals were approached, and the response rate was 99.5%. Four models were developed regarding knowledge, attitudes, and practices, and a multiple logistic regression analysis was performed. Comparison among the government and private hospitals was done.Results:This study showed that personnel had little knowledge regarding the pathogens that cause food-borne diseases and the correct temperature for the storage of hot or cold ready-to-eat foods. Older personnel had better attitudes and practices. Females practiced safety measures less often than did males. Personnel working in hospitals with fewer than 300 beds also had better practices. Most of the personnel had positive attitudes, but disparity between attitude and practice was noted.Conclusion:There is a dire need for education and increased awareness among food service staff regarding safe food handling practices.

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Angelillo, Italo F., Nunzia M. A. Viggiani, Rosa M. Greco, and Daniela Rito. "HACCP and Food Hygiene in Hospitals Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Food-Services Staff in Calabria, Italy." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 22, no. 6 (June 2001): 363–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/501914.

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AbstractObjectives:To determine adherence to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) methods and to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food-services staff with regard to food hygiene in hospitals.Design:A survey.Participants:Hospital medical directors and food-services staff of 36 hospitals in Calabria, Italy.Methods:A questionnaire about hospital characteristics, food-services organization, and measures and procedures for the control and prevention of foodborne diseases was sent to medical directors; a questionnaire about demographic and practice characteristics, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about control and prevention of foodborne diseases was sent to food-services staff. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed.Results:Only 54% of the 27 responding hospitals were using the HACCP system and, of those using HACCP, 79% adopted a food-hygiene–practice manual; more than one half already had developed written procedures for food storage, personal hygiene, cleaning and disinfection; one half or less performed microbiological assessment of foods and surfaces. Of the 290 food-services staff who responded, 78.8% were aware of the five leading food-borne pathogens; this knowledge was significantly higher among those with a higher educational level and those who worked in hospitals that had implemented the HACCP system. Younger staff and those who had attended continuing educational courses about food hygiene and hospital foodborne diseases had a significantly higher knowledge of safe temperatures for food storage. A positive attitude toward foodborne-diseases prevention was reported by the great majority, and it was significantly higher in older respondents and in those working in hospitals with a lower number of beds. Only 54.9% of those involved in touching or serving unwrapped raw or cooked foods routinely used gloves during this activity; this practice was significantly greater among younger respondents and in those working in hospitals using HACCP.Conclusion:Full implementation of the HACCP system and infection control policies in hospital food services is needed.

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Degeling, P., D. Black, G. Palmer, and J. Walters. "Attitudes and Knowledge about Case Mix Reform among Hospital Staff in Australia." Health Services Management Research 9, no. 4 (November 1996): 223–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095148489600900402.

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This paper reports some of the findings of a national survey of staff in acute care hospitals about their knowledge of case mix and their attitudes towards it. Our findings suggest that, despite the range and scope of activities that have been pursued under the Australian Casemix Development Program (ACDP), knowledge of case mix among acute care hospital staff remains patchy. The evidence also shows that significant aspects of the DRG classification system and the uses to which it can be put are not accepted by many hospital staff, particularly medical staff. The paper concludes with a discussion of what some of these findings imply for future activity on case mix reform.

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Shi, Yudong, Juan Wang, Yating Yang, Zhiqiang Wang, Guoqing Wang, Kenji Hashimoto, Kai Zhang, and Huanzhong Liu. "Knowledge and attitudes of medical staff in Chinese psychiatric hospitals regarding COVID-19." Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health 4 (April 2020): 100064. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100064.

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Yu, Brian, Cheng-Fan Wen, Heng-Lien Lo, Hsun-Hsiang Liao, and Pa-Chun Wang. "Improvements in patient safety culture: a national Taiwanese survey, 2009–16." International Journal for Quality in Health Care 32, no. 1 (January 9, 2020): A9—A17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzz099.

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Abstract Objective To assess national trends in patient safety culture in Taiwan. Design A safety attitudes questionnaire (SAQ) was distributed to 144 hospitals from 2009 to 2016 (n = 392 341). Setting Taiwan’s medical centers, regional hospitals and community hospitals. Participants Hospital staff in Taiwan. Interventions None. Main Outcome Measures 5-point Likert scale to assess changes in patient safety culture dimensions (teamwork, safety climate, job satisfaction, stress recognition, management and working conditions) converted to positive response rate (percentage of respondents who answered slightly agree or strongly agree on Likert scale). Results Dimensions for patient safety culture significantly increased in Taiwan over a period of 8 years, with an all-composite improvement in positive response rate of 4.6% (P < 0.001). Regional hospitals and community hospitals registered an all-composite improvement of 6.7 and 7.0%, respectively, while medical centers improved by 4.0%. Improvements for regional and community hospitals primarily occurred in teamwork (regional hospitals, 10.4% [95% confidence interval [CI], 10.2–10.6]; community hospitals, 8.5% [95% CI, 8.0–9.0]) and safety climate (regional hospitals, 11.1% [95% [CI], 10.9–11.4]; community hospitals, 11.3% [95% CI, 10.7–11.8]) (P < 0.001, all differences). Compared with nurses (5.1%) and pharmaceutical staff (10.6%), physicians improved the least (2.0%). Improvements for nurses and pharmacists were driven by increases in perceptions of teamwork (nurses, 9.8% [95% CI, 9.7–10.0]; pharmaceutical staff, 14.2% [95% CI, 13.4–14.9]) and safety climate (nurses, 9.0% [95% CI, 8.8–9.1]; pharmaceutical staff, 16.4% [95% CI, 15.7–17.2]) (P < 0.001, all differences). At study end, medical centers (55.1%) had greater all-composite measurements of safety culture than regional hospitals (52.4%) and community hospitals (52.2%) while physicians (63.7%) maintained greater measurements of safety culture than nurses (52.1%) and pharmaceutical staff (56.6%). Conclusion These results suggest patient safety culture improved in Taiwan from 2009 to 2016.

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Rosiński, Jerzy, Anna Różańska, Andrzej Jarynowski, and Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach. "Factors Shaping Attitudes of Medical Staff towards Acceptance of the Standard Precautions." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 6 (March 23, 2019): 1050. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16061050.

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Standard precautions (SPs) guidelines are the minimum infection prevention practices that apply to all types of patient care, regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status of the patient. They are based on risk assessment, make use of common sense practices and personal protective equipment that protect healthcare providers from infection and prevent the spread of infection from patient to patient. The aim of this study was to determine medical staff’s attitudes towards SPs and analyse the factors shaping these attitudes. The study was conducted using a questionnaire that comprised 25 statements describing the attitudes of medical personnel towards SPs. They were designed to pinpoint the factors that determine these attitudes. There were five factors identified that shape employees’ attitudes towards SPs: assessment of the situation, favourable patterns of behaviour, negative norms, unfavourable patterns of behaviour and rationalising. The study analysed 505 questionnaires filled in by hospital workers from five Polish cities. The majority of the respondents were women (92.1%), nurses (87.5%); the average age was 41.8 and the average seniority was 19.2 years. Over one-third of the respondents worked in non-surgical (36.4%) and surgical (31.6%) wards, 12.3% were employed in intensive care units (ICUs) and 8.9% in emergency departments (EDs). The variable significantly affecting the level of acceptance of SPs was seniority: initially the support was high, then it later decreased, with the greatest decrease occurring between the third and eighth year of work. The staff of medical wards and ICUs demonstrated significantly lower support for SPs and strong environmental impact on SPs perception; low degree of acceptance among medical ward staff correlated negatively with factors from the category “favourable patterns of behaviour”. The substantially strongest support for SPs was found in ED workers. The results indicate the need for continuous education of individual groups of workers concerning the application of SPs, but also the necessity to change the organisational culture in Polish hospitals.

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Pham, Ba, and Thi Tuyet Tran. "Thực trạng tuân thủ vệ sinh tay thường quy của nhân viên y tế trung tâm y tế Cư Jút, Đắk Nông và một số yếu tố ảnh hưởng năm 2020." Journal of Health and Development Studies 05, no. 01 (February 20, 2021): 37–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.38148/jhds.0501skpt20-118.

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Background: Hand hygiene is a great way to ensure safety for health staff and prevent infections in hospital. Objective: The study aimed to determine the rate of compliance with routine hand hygiene and to analyze some factors affecting hand hygiene compliance routine of medical staff. Method: A study that describes a cross-sectional study, a study that combines both quantitative and qualitative methods through the observation by a checklist of 92 health-care workers who perform a procedure on 368 hand-hygiene opportunities and gather information through burns. interviewed 92 medical staff, conducted 04 in-depth interviews and 02 group discussions, and collected from March to the end of June 2020. Research Using Epidata 3.1 software to input data and manage data; Stata 14.0 software for data analysis. Results show that the percentage of health staffs who complied with routine hand hygiene was 14.13%, and the knowledge and attitudes of hospital staffs were related to routine hand hygiene compliance, with p<0.05. Inspection and supervision, regulations on emulation and commendation; training and accessibility solutions were related withhand hygiene of health staffs. Conclusion: Hospital staffs' hand hygiene compliance rate was relatively low, which was related to knowledge and attitudes. Keywords: Routine hand hygiene, medical staff, influencing factors.

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Alzahrani, Naif, Russell Jones, Amir Rizwan, and Mohamed E. Abdel-Latif. "Safety attitudes in hospital emergency departments: a systematic review." International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance 32, no. 7 (August 12, 2019): 1042–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa-07-2018-0164.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to perform and report a systematic review of published research on patient safety attitudes of health staff employed in hospital emergency departments (EDs). Design/methodology/approach An electronic search was conducted of PsychINFO, ProQuest, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed and CINAHL databases. The review included all studies that focussed on the safety attitudes of professional hospital staff employed in EDs. Findings Overall, the review revealed that the safety attitudes of ED health staff are generally low, especially on teamwork and management support and among nurses when compared to doctors. Conversely, two intervention studies showed the effectiveness of team building interventions on improving the safety attitudes of health staff employed in EDs. Research limitations/implications Six studies met the inclusion criteria, however, most of the studies demonstrated low to moderate methodological quality. Originality/value Teamwork, communication and management support are central to positive safety attitudes. Teamwork training can improve safety attitudes. Given that EDs are the “front-line” of hospital care and patients within EDs are especially vulnerable to medical errors, future research should focus on the safety attitudes of medical staff employed in EDs and its relationship to medical errors.

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Hsu, Pi-Fang, Wen-Chun Tsai, and Chia-Wen Tsai. "Patient Safety Concerns among Emergency Medical Staff and Patients." International Journal of Privacy and Health Information Management 1, no. 1 (January 2013): 29–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijphim.2013010103.

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Recently, much of the world, including the World Health Organization, the European Union and many North American countries, have emphasized patient safety. Around the same time, Taiwan’s Department of Health (DOH) devoted a significant amount of resources to better the quality of medical treatment for their patients. This study explores perceptions of and attitudes towards patient safety among medical staff and patients in emergency departments. Analysis results indicate that medical staff and patients significantly differ in perceptions and attitudes. Results of this study provide a valuable reference for governmental authorities and hospital managers in formulating policies aimed at clarifying perceptions and attitudes regarding patient safety among medical staff and patients in emergency departments.

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Sutanto, Nadia, and Made Aswina Putra. "Value of Aspect Differences Towards Theory of Planned Behavior Between Hospital Personnels of a Private Hospital in Mataram." ANIMA Indonesian Psychological Journal 34, no. 3 (April 25, 2019): 148–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.24123/aipj.v34i3.2304.

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Medical staffs are considered to be people who should be able to set an example to the public, concerning the way life should be lived. The design of this research was that of a comparative study model, which compared aspects of the Theory of Planned Behavior from three groups of medical staff subjects. The research was aimed at providing a basic picture of the obesity of the medical staff in a private hospital in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Besides this, it also searched for differences in perceptions, based upon the Theory of Planned Behavior. The research results indicated that, of the aspects of Theory of Planned Behavior, it was only those of Intention, Subjective Norms, and Attitudes Toward Behavior, which showed any differences between the subject groups, that is, the groups of those suffering obesity demonstrated an intention to perform, and a positive attitude towards, behavior aimed at reducing bodily weight.

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Woods, Bernadette M. "Assessment of staff attitudes to patient safety." View thesis, 2004. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/46693.

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Thesis (M.N. (Hons))--University of Western Sydney, 2004.
A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Social and Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Family and Community Health, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Nursing (Honours). Includes bibliographical references and appendices.

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Galo, Luntu. "A case study describing factors perceived to be impacting staff satisfaction amongst health care professionals at the East London Hospital complex." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003905.

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This thesis was born from a concern the researcher had with regard to negative reports in the media emanating from 4 babies that died at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital Peadiatric ICU unit due to power supply failure. The most significant of these negative reports was in 2007 when the Daily Dispatch ran a series of articles regarding what they termed avoidable deaths over the last 14 years. The ease with which staff communicated with the media together with the high absenteeism rate and high turnover was a cause for concern. When the researcher analysed the history of the problem, it immerged from the respondents’ responses that the rationalistion process undertaken by the Eastern Cape Department of Health (ECDoH) was a significant root cause to the problem. The literature review focused on three areas viz.: Organisational Culture, Organisational Change, Foundations of Satisfaction. This focus was used to confine the problem to a manageable project but secondly each of the aspects are interwoven. Routledge (2010) notes that culture is the reflection of the values advocated by a founder or leader by way of his/her day to day actions. This is done by the leader creating a perception or viewpoint that assists the employees to achieve the organisation’s mission, vision and goals. In any organisation change is a constant and it needs to be effectively managed. With government institutions like the East London Hospital Complex (ELHC) directives come from the top and are implemented by an unprepared and untrained leadership and management cadre and clear communication of vision and objective of the desired outcomes never happens. The aim of the research was to: describe the existing Organisational Culture present at ELHC (Perform an organisational diagnosis); describe the impact of change (rationalisation) and to analyze why there was such a high staff turnover. It is clear from the results of the survey conducted that significant dissatisfaction prevailed relating to how the institution was managed. Dissatisfaction amongst the health professionals was general but also specific to the following: leadership and management issues, fairness, remuneration and lack of resources. The recommendations therefore focused on developing management and leadership within the proposal of Dubrin’s model (2001).

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Levites, Marcelo Rozenfeld. "Caracterização do perfil de residentes no enfrentamento das incertezas clínicas relacionadas com o atendimento médico." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/5/5169/tde-06082015-114436/.

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Objetivo: Caracterizar o perfil de percepções e atitudes de médicos residentes frente às diferentes situações geradoras de incertezas na prática assistencial aos pacientes. Método: Estudo descritivo, comparativo e transversal. Amostra não aleatória de 90 residentes da instituição. O estudo foi conduzido entre abril e julho de 2013. Para a avaliação da percepção do enfrentamento da incerteza no cenário clínico foi realizada usando a escala \"Physician Reaction\'s to Uncertainty\", após realizados uma tradução transcultural para português do Brasil. A \"Physician Reaction\'s to Uncertainty\", contém 15 itens que são respondidos de acordo com a variante de escala de Likert de seis pontos (discorda completamente = 1; concorda plenamente = 6). Avaliamos os residentes de acordo com o gênero; idade, menores de 26 anos e 26 anos ou maiores; residentes de primeiro ano comparados com os segundo e terceiro anos e residentes clínicos comparados com os cirurgiões, ortopedistas e ginecologistas/obstetras. Resultados: As residentes mulheres mais jovens e os com menos tempo de treinamento (residentes do primeiro ano), tiveram uma pior percepção do enfrentamento da incerteza na atuação clínica quando comparados aos homens (p=0,002) aos >= 26 anos (p= 0,001) e com mais tempo de treinamento (p < 0,001). Não houve diferença entre os residentes clínicos comparados com os de ortopedia, cirurgia e ginecologia obstetrícia (p=0,792). Conclusões: Os médicos residentes mais jovens e com menor tempo de prática merecem um uma atenção especial para um melhor enfrentamento da incerteza na atuação clínica. São eles que apresentam as maiores dificuldades com o tema. Atuar junto a professores mais experientes e a inserção da formação humanística e filosófica podem ajudar aos colegas residentes com menos prática na medicina
Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop a characterization profile of the perceptions and attitudes of resident physicians in a general hospital in São Paulo, Brazil addressing the uncertainties related to the care of patients. Methods: Descriptive, comparative and cross-sectional study conducted from April to July 2013 with a convenience sample of 90 medical residents who completed the Physicians´ Reactions to Uncertainty (PRU) scale and provided demographic variables of gender, age and specialty. Results: Comparing the Physician´s Reaction to Uncertainty score, authors identified a significant difference between age, year of residence and gender. Physicians who were female, less than 26 years old and who were in their first year of residency and had greater clinical uncertainty than men (p=0.002), older residents (p= 0,001), those in their second and third year of residency (p < 0,001). There were no significant differences by medical speciality (p=0,792). Conclusion: Practical experience and age are important factors in clinical uncertainty in residence groups. The longer physicians are in practice, the less uncertainty they will experience. Ways to decrease the anxiety of and reluctance to disclose uncertainty to patient can include: 1) Practice together with experience doctors; 2) Clinical epidemiology; 3) knowledge of philosophy and 4) Humanistic teaching

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Chong, Heung-chuen. "Death attitudes and their psychological correlates: n exploratory study of hospice staff." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29689119.

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Hanson, Bernard. "Le malaise du médecin dans la relation médecin-malade postmoderne." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210989.

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En partant d’une description des nombreux changements de la pratique médicale depuis quelques décennies, la thèse étudie divers aspects constitutifs du malaise du médecin. L’accroissement de la puissance médicale qu’a permis la technoscience est analysée et remise dans un contexte plus large où les technologies de l’information ont une grande place. L’augmentation considérable des connaissances pose un problème de maîtrise de la science médicale. La multiplicité des observations fait qu’il y a discordance de certaines d’entre elles avec les théories médicales largement acceptées. De cette manière, le gain d’efficacité est associé à une perte de la cohérence du discours médical. Le rôle du médecin disparaît derrière la technique, qui semble pouvoir, seule, rendre tous les progrès accessibles. Le médecin devient alors un simple distributeur de services et, à ce titre, développe parfois des offres de pratiques sans fondement, voire dangereuses.

Le pouvoir du médecin est évoqué, et se ramène in fine à la fourniture d’un diagnostic et d’une explication de sa maladie au patient. Le rôle des explications particulières que donne le médecin au malade est exploré à la lumière d’une conception narrative et évolutive de la vie humaine. Le rôle du médecin apparaît alors comme d’aider le patient à réécrire a posteriori le fil d’une histoire qui apparaît initialement comme interrompue par la maladie.

Le rôle social de maintien de l’ordre de la pratique médicale est alors évoqué. Ensuite, par une approche descriptive du phénomène religieux, on montre que la médecine du XXIe siècle a les caractéristiques d’un tel phénomène. Entités extrahumaines, mythes, rites, tabous, prétention à bâtir une morale, accompagnement de la vie et de la mort, miracles, promesse de salut, temples, officiants sont identifiés dans la médecine « classique » contemporaine. Seule la fonction de divination de l’avenir d’un homme précis est devenue brumeuse, la technoscience permettant régulièrement du « tout ou rien » là où auparavant un pronostic précis (et souvent défavorable) pouvait être affirmé.

L’hypothèse que la médecine est devenue une religion du XXIe siècle est confrontée à des textes de S. Freud, M. Gauchet et P. Boyer. Non seulement ces textes n’invalident pas l’hypothèse, mais la renforcent même. Il apparaît que le fonctionnement de l’esprit humain favorise l’éclosion de religions et donc la prise de voile de la médecine. La dynamique générale de la démocratisation de la société montre que la médecine est une forme de religion non seulement compatible avec une société démocratique, mais est peut-être une des formes accomplies de celle-ci, où chaque individu écrit lui-même sa propre histoire.

Le danger qu’il y a, pour le patient comme pour le médecin, si ce dernier accepte de jouer un rôle de prêtre, est ensuite développé. Enfin, la remise dans le cadre plus général de l’existence humaine, l’évocation de la dimension de révolte de la médecine, de son essentielle incomplétude, l’acceptation d’une cohérence imparfaite permettent au médecin de retrouver des sources de joie afin de, peut-être, ne tomber ni dans un désinvestissement blasé, ni dans un cynisme blessant.

From a description of the many changes medical practice has undergone for a few decades, the work goes on to study many sides of the modern doctor’s malaise. The gain of power made possible by technoscience is put on a larger stage where information technologies play a major role. The abundance of knowledge makes health literacy more difficult. the great number of observations makes discrepancies with general theories more frequent. The gain in power is associated with a loss of coherence of the medical speech. The doctor’s role vanishes behind technology that seems to be the only access to all medical progresses. Doctors becomes mere service providers and go on to offer unvalidated or even harmful services on the market.

Modern medical power resumes into the explanations and diagnosis given to the patient. The role of medical explanations is explored through an evolutive and narrative vision of human life. The duty of the doctors then appears to allow a new narration of the self that bridges the gap disease introduced into the patient’s life.

The role of medicine in maintaining social order is mentioned. Through a sociological approach of the religious phenomenon, one can see that XXIst century medicine is such a phenomenon. Medicine knows of extrahuman entities, myths, rites, taboos, miracles, temples; priests are present in modern mainstream medicine. Some want to derive objective moral values from medicine, and it brings companionship to man from birth to death. The only departure from old religions was the weakened ability to predict the future of an individual patient: for some diseases for which survival was known to be very poor, the possibilities are now long-term survival with cure, or early death from the treatment.

The hypothesis that medicine is a religion is confronted to texts from Freud S. Gauchet M. and Boyer P. Not only do they not invalidate the hypothesis, but they bring enrichment to it. Brain/mind dynamics is such that the appearance of religions is frequent, and makes the transformation of medicine into a religion easier. Society’s democratisation confronted to religion’s history shows that medicine is the most compatible form of religion within a truly democratic society, where each individual writes his own story.

To become a priest brings some dangers for the patient, but also for the doctor. These dangers are discussed. This discussion is put into the larger context of human life. The revolt dimension of medicine is discussed, as is its never-ending task. Their acceptance, as that of a lack of total logical coherence can open the possibility for the doctor to enjoy his work, without being neither unfeeling nor cynical.

Doctorat en philosophie et lettres, Orientation bioéthique
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Al-Mohaithef, Mohammed. "Food hygiene in hospitals : evaluating food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices of foodservice staff and prerequisite programs in Riyadh's hospitals, Saudi Arabia." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5194/.

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In global terms, Saudi Arabia is a rapidly developing country. As such, its food industries have yet to fully implement the food safety management systems common in the EU. In the hospitals sector, the Ministry of Health intends to implement Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) system to provide safe meals for patients, staff and hospital visitors. The aim of this study was to evaluate the readiness of the Saudi Arabian hospitals to implement HACCP by assessing the pre-requisites programmes in their foodservices departments. An audit form was used in four hospitals in Riyadh. Questionnaires were also used to assess self-reported behaviour, knowledge and attitudes of 300 foodservices staff. Lack of training was known to be a major omission in the pre-requisite programs (PRP’s) of all hospitals. Therefore a bespoke food safety training program was developed and delivered to food handlers in the participating hospitals. An assessment was then made to determine whether this intervention had any effect on their knowledge, attitude to food safety and self-reported behaviour. The results show that, the prerequisite programs were not implemented properly in the participating hospitals. Also, foodservices staff had a poor knowledge with regard to food safety. However, staff knowledge was significantly improved following the training (p. value < 0.05) and their level of knowledge remained stable after six months. Participants’ behaviours and attitudes also improved after the training. This indicates that, training has a positive impact on food handlers knowledge, practices and attitude.

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Shum, Kwok-leung, and 沈國良. "The relationship between management and staff in the Fire Services Department: the case of the ambulancemen." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31965635.

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Hammers, Garfield Compton. "Transformation of service delivery in the Westcoast winelands region's hospitals: challenges and prospects." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2003. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&amp.

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Lui, Yan-yan Liza. "The knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management of the medical nursing staff in Hong Kong /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B3639631X.

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Lui, Yan-yan Liza, and 雷欣欣. "The knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management of the medical nursing staff in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45011801.

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Books on the topic "Hospitals – Medical staff – Attitudes"

R, Mundy A., ed. Succeeding as a hospital doctor: The experts share their secrets. 2nd ed. Oxford: Health Press, 2002.

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Getting rid of patients: Contradictions in the socialization of physicians. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, 1986.

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Biehl, Michael M. The medical staff: Legal issues. Washington, D.C: National Health Lawyers Association, 1990.

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O'Connell, Ann. Model medical staff bylaws & rules. 6th ed. Sacramento, CA: California Healthcare Association, 2002.

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1940-, Porter Karen W., ed. Medical staff bylaws handbook. Chicago, Ill: American Hospital Pub., 1987.

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Cors, William K. The medical staff leaders' practical guide. 6th ed. Marblehead, MA: HCPro, 2007.

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Cors, William K. The medical staff leaders' practical guide. 6th ed. Marblehead, MA: HCPro, 2007.

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1923-, Fifer William R., Wilson Toma C, and Estes Park Institute, eds. The medical staff and the modern hospital. Englewood, Colo: Estes Park Institute, 1985.

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The hospital medical staff. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, 1997.

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Weagly, Susan. Medical staff credentialing forms manual. 2nd ed. North Hampton, NH (P.O. Box 988, North Hampton 03862-0988): InterQual, 1990.

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Book chapters on the topic "Hospitals – Medical staff – Attitudes"

Rozensky, Ronald H. "Medical or professional staff membership and participation in rural hospitals." In Practicing psychology in rural settings: Hospital privileges and collaborative care., 19–36. Washington: American Psychological Association, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/10246-002.

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Lande, Ragnhild E. "Expanding Library Services to Medical Staff and Students at Small and Remote Hospitals." In Libraries without Limits: Changing Needs — Changing Roles, 248–51. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4621-0_68.

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Sharma, Deevesh, Awadhesh Bhardwaj, and Monica Sharma. "Factors Affecting Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Caregiving Staff at Hospitals and Medical Organization." In Design Science and Innovation, 165–71. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9054-2_18.

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Taylor, D. C. M., and E. A. Jump. "Determining the Change in Staff Attitudes during Training in Preparation for Radical Change from a Traditional Curriculum to Problem-Based Learning." In Advances in Medical Education, 247–48. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4886-3_74.

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Ji, Xiangfei, Zhaosong Fang, Zhimin Zheng, and Zhaoliang Ji. "Investigation into the Adaption of PMV to Evaluation of the Medical Staff in Hospitals in Guangzhou." In Environmental Science and Engineering, 755–64. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9520-8_78.

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Qi, Baoning, Jiaxin Wang, Mingrui Ji, Shouzhu Xu, Juan Li, and Chuandao Shi. "Design of the Management System for Salary Diagnosis and Optimization of Medical Staff in Shaanxi Public Hospitals of Traditional Chinese Medicine." In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1733–39. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2568-1_244.

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Yucesan, Melih, Suleyman Mete, Muhammet Gul, and Erkan Celik. "A Fuzzy Decision-Making Model for the Key Performance Indicators of Hospital Service Quality Evaluation." In Advances in Healthcare Information Systems and Administration, 42–62. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2581-4.ch003.

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One of the major concerns of the healthcare industry throughout the world is to provide better hospital service quality. Management and delivery of hospital healthcare services are achieved in a competitive environment in Turkey. For this reason, to make better decisions, the services provided by the public and private hospitals should be monitored and evaluated according to the viewpoint of medical stakeholders. This chapter presents a cause-and-effect, decision-making model in evaluating hospital service quality criteria. Since the decision-making process involves the vagueness of human judgments, a combination of fuzzy sets and decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) is used. Results of the study demonstrate that medical equipment level of the hospital, the attitude of nurses and medical staff to patients, pharmacists' advice on medicine preservation, medical staff with professional abilities, outpatient waiting time for medical treatment, and number and quality of the bathrooms available have more impact on the entire hospital service quality. In conclusion, the proposed approach will contribute to better providing of healthcare services at a higher quality level.

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Theodosopoulou, Maria, Frank J. M. F. Dor, Daniel Casanova, Georgios Baskozos, and Vassilios Papalois. "Health Literacy." In Optimizing Health Literacy for Improved Clinical Practices, 260–73. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4074-8.ch015.

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Organ shortage is a worldwide persisting problem, as patients on waiting lists increase while actual donors cannot meet the demand for organs. Cultural and religious concerns, gaps of information, lack of medical procedure awareness and of understanding transplant-related terminology are some reasons why people refuse to donate organs. The medical, ethical, social, cultural, religious aspects of deceased organ donation (DOD) bring out the need for a systematic agenda of lifelong learning public awareness raising and health literacy on this issue. This chapter presents findings of a comparative research project in three European countries about how people learn about DOD and their suggestions for systematically promoting health literacy. A total sample of 1309 medical students, renal patients, and hospital administrative staff participated in a survey regarding attitudes, knowledge, sources of information, and communication about DOD. In addition, 51 participants took part in focus groups elaborating on their experiences and suggestions regarding health literacy about DOD.

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Meddings, Jennifer, Vineet Chopra, and Sanjay Saint. "Common Problems, Realistic Solutions." In Preventing Hospital Infections, 87–117. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780197509159.003.0007.

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A hospital-wide intervention is rolled out. There are changes in the team leadership and many operational adjustments: supplies ordered, procedures redesigned, nursing assignments altered. Three major types of troublemakers are described: the active resisters, the organizational constipators, and the time-servers. Motivations range from opposition to any kind of change to a personal animus toward the project champions to a determination to do as little extra work as possible. Requests by patients and their families may be used to try to get around bladder bundle items or a member of the project team may approach nurses with a patronizing attitude. The team cheers short-term progress to encourage staff compliance, solicits concrete criticism as a path to improvement, and adjusts the implementation process to allow for special circumstances. Efforts to use the electronic medical record to game the system must be squelched. Unfortunately, these challenges are all too common when implementing an infection prevention initiative—but there are solutions.

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Guo, Cong, Cheng-shu Yang, Kunsong Zhang, and Ming Kuang. "Competence-Oriented Task-Based Learning Approach to Medical Dual-Role Interpreter Training." In Handbook of Research on Medical Interpreting, 333–54. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9308-9.ch014.

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With the developing complexity of international communication and the development of hospitals, diversified interpreting demands, such as interpreting for conferences held by hospitals and for visiting delegations from overseas healthcare institutions, have emerged in the medical field, other than interpreting in the clinical setting. Instead of engaging a professional interpreter temporarily, many hospitals are more inclined to invite their own staff to interpret, for many reasons. The core issue is to empower the medical staff with interpreting competence. This chapter examines a case study closely to summarize and share the teaching experience for training conference-level dual-role interpreters in the medical field. The research then proposes the competence-oriented task-based learning approach and examines its effectiveness.

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Conference papers on the topic "Hospitals – Medical staff – Attitudes"

Sallam, Naglaa, Reham Hassan, Alaedine Shurrab, Yasser Al Deeb, and Mujahed Shraim. "Reducing the Incidence of Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids." In Qatar University Annual Research Forum & Exhibition. Qatar University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.29117/quarfe.2020.0184.

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Methods: We used a Pareto chart to identify priority areas for our project based on magnitude of incidence of BBF exposures. A driver diagram was developed with four main primary drivers including risk awareness, attitudes and practice, staff experience, and leadership engagement. Intervention ramps and changes were implemented using multiple PDSA cycles addressing staff knowledge and awareness about BBF exposure prevention and management using surveys and learning brochures and assessment of staff compliance with safe practice. The project included the following measures (i) outcome measure: number of days between BBF exposure incidents; (ii) Process measures: BBF exposure risk awareness score, attitude and practice score, and proportion of staff compliant with BBF exposure safe practice; (iii) BBF reporting exposure score and proportion of staff satisfied with BBF exposure prevention and management policy. Ethical approval of the project was not required. Results: About 80% of BBF exposure incidents were due to needlestick injuries. Emergency unit, operating theatre, hemodialysis unit, laboratory unit, and utility services accounted for 80% of all BBF exposure incidents. Around 47% of the incidents occurred among nurses. Our project was associated with increase in attitude and safe practice score form 75% to 100%. The compliance with safe practice increased from 77% to 86%, and reporting of exposure increased from 75% to 100%. Staff satisfaction increased from 65% at baseline to 96%. Knowledge about prevention and management of BBF exposure (safe practice) increased from 60% to 92% in the hemodialysis unit. However, the median number of days between BBF exposures increased from 13 days at baseline to 18 days in May 2019. Conclusion: Our quality improvement project has identified the priorities clinical areas accounting for the majority of BBF exposure incident. The initial phase of the project in hemodialysis unit was associated with significant increase in knowledge scores about prevention and management of BBF exposure, compliance with safe practice, and staff satisfaction. In addition, the project was associated with significant increase in reporting of BBF exposure, which explains why we were not able to increase the median number of days between BBF exposures to 50 days. We have started spreading our interventions and change ideas to other units in Al-Khor general Hospital. Quality improvement projects can reduce the incidence of BBF exposure having the priority areas identified and the relevant drivers are addressed appropriately

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Repanovici, A., D. Cotoros, M. Haineala, C. Nemet, and E. Dinu. "Systems for Monitoring Hands Hygiene of Medical Staff in Hospitals." In 2020 International Conference on e-Health and Bioengineering (EHB). IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ehb50910.2020.9280101.

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Siegmann, Silvester, and Gert Notbohm. "Noise in hospitals as a strain for the medical staff." In ICA 2013 Montreal. ASA, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4801032.

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Yalman, Sakine, and Abdulsamet Hasiloglu. "Drug distribution in hospitals real-ti̇me nurses / staff nurse development of robots." In 2015 Medical Technologies National Conference (TIPTEKNO). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tiptekno.2015.7374552.

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Luan, Yichao. "Analysis on the Emotional Labor Effect of Medical Staff in Chinese Public Tertiary Hospitals." In 1st International Symposium on Innovative Management and Economics (ISIME 2021). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210803.051.

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Kareli, M., and N. Pitskhelauri. "0085 Cross-sectional study – the prevalence and effects of workplace violence against medical staff in three hospitals of Tbilisi, Georgia." In Injury and Violence Prevention for a Changing World: From Local to Global: SAVIR 2021 Conference Abstracts. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2021-savir.62.

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Voevodina, Svetlana, and Evgeny Barinov. "The daily load on the staff as the cause of diagnostic and medical-tactical defects in the work of ambulance." In Issues of determining the severity of harm caused to human health as a result of the impact of a biological factor. ru: Publishing Center RIOR, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.29039/conferencearticle_5fdcb03a50d2d2.14051834.

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The urgency of the problem is because work on the prehospital stage, especially on the ambulance, implies the difficulty of diagnosing various diseases. This is because in patients who call an ambulance, as a rule, there is a huge range of various diseases and their complications, as well as injuries. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify patterns of increase in the main diagnostic and therapeutic tactical defects in the work of ambulance in the conditions of daily workload. The materials of the study were the coupons to the accompanying sheet, since they reflect the continuity in the work of the ambulance and hospitals. Based on the obtained results, conclusions are formulated and goals for further research are indicated.

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Enayati, Moein, and Marjorie Skubic. "Respiratory Arrest Monitoring: A Non-Invasive Approach for Early Detection of Breathing Complexities in Psychiatric Patients." In 2020 Design of Medical Devices Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/dmd2020-9087.

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Abstract Background: Current protocol for monitoring high-risk patients in psychiatric hospital calls for a staff member to enter each room every 15 minutes to visually ensure that each patient is still breathing. This protocol has been set up for fast intervention in the case of a patient’s self-inflicting harm. However, this procedure is disruptive to the patients and a burden for the care providers. Objective: Continuous and automated overnight monitoring of psychiatric patients for a complete cessation of breath, that eliminates the need for frequent in-person checks. Method: An IRB approved study conducted in a simulated lab environment, with a radar device placed in the ceiling above the bed. 14 volunteers simulated episodes of respiratory arrest. Results: The extracted radar signal not only tracks the episodes of complete breath cessation but also estimates the respiration rate with more than 92% accuracy, during normal breathing. Conclusion: Our proposed approach provides the means for care providers in psychiatric hospitals to ensure the patients can breathe without disturbing the patients’ sleep.

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Beuren, Ilse Maria, Cristian Baú Dal Magro, and Dirceu Rodrigues Dias. "USE OF MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS IN DECISION MAKING PROCESS IN HOSPITALS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE MEDICAL STAFF." In 10th CONTECSI International Conference on Information Systems and Technology Management. Sao Paulo: TECSI, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.5748/9788599693094-10contecsi/ps-107.

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Poigai Arunachalam, Shivaram, Mustafa Sir, Gomathi Marisamy, Annie Sadosty, David Nestler, Thomas Hellmich, and Kalyan S. Pasupathy. "Optimizing Emergency Department Workflow Using Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) Data Analytics." In 2017 Design of Medical Devices Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/dmd2017-3402.

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Emergency Department (ED) is a complex care delivery environment in a hospital that provides time sensitive urgent and lifesaving care [1]. Emergency medicine is an unscheduled practice and therefore providers experience extreme fluctuations in their workload. ED crowding is a major concern that affects the efficacy of the ED workflow, which often is challenged by long wait times, overuse of observation units, patients either leaving without being seen by a provider and non-availability of inpatient beds to accommodate patients after diagnosis [2]. Evaluating ED workflow is a challenging task due to its chaotic nature, with some success using time-motion studies and novel capacity management tools are nowadays becoming common in ED to address workflow related issues [3]. Several studies reveal that Electronic Medical Record (EMR) adoption has not resulted in significant ED workflow improvements nor reduced the cost of ED operations. Since raw EMR data does not offer operational and clinical decision making insights, advanced EMR data analytics are often sought to derive actionable intelligence from EMR data that can provide insights to improve ED workflow. Improving ED workflow has been an important topic of research because of its great potential to optimize the urgent care needed for the patients and at the same time save time and cost. Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) is a wireless automatic identification and data capture technology device that has the potential for improving safety, preventing errors, saving costs, and increasing security and therefore improving overall organizational performance. RFID technology use in healthcare has opened a new space in healthcare informatics research that provides novel data to identify workflow process pitfalls and provide new directions [4]. The potential advantages of RFID adoption in healthcare and especially in ED has been well recognized to save costs and improve care delivery [5]. However, the large upfront infrastructure costs, need for an integrated health information technology (HIT), advanced analytical tools for big data analysis emerging from RFID and skilled data scientists to tackle the data to derive actionable intelligence discourage many hospitals from adoption RFID technology despite its potential advantages. Our recent pilot study on the RFID data analytics demonstrated the feasibility of quantifying and analyzing two novel variables such as ‘patient alone’ time defined as the total time a patient spends alone without interaction with a health care staff in the ED and ‘provider time’ defined as the total time a patient spends interacting with any health care staff [6]. The study motivated a more comprehensive big data analytics of RFID data which can provide better insights into optimizing ED workflow which can improve the quality of care in the ED and also reduce cost. In this work, the authors attempt to describe the RFID adoption in the ED at the Saint Mary’s Hospital at Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, MN, a level one trauma center both for children and adults as a step towards optimizing ED workflow.

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Reports on the topic "Hospitals – Medical staff – Attitudes"

W, Nedra, Laura B. Strange, Sara M. Kennedy, Katrina D. Burson, and Gina L. Kilpatrick. Completeness of Prenatal Records in Community Hospital Charts. RTI Press, February 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2018.rr.0032.1802.

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We describe the completeness of prenatal data in maternal delivery records and the prevalence of selected medical conditions and complications among patients delivering at community hospitals around Atlanta, Georgia. Medical charts for 199 maternal-infant dyads (99 infants in normal newborn nurseries and 104 infants in newborn intensive care nurseries) were identified by medical records staff at 9 hospitals and abstracted on site. Ninety-eight percent of hospital charts included prenatal records, but over 20 percent were missing results for common laboratory tests and prenatal procedures. Forty-nine percent of women had a pre-existing medical condition, 64 percent had a prenatal complication, and 63 percent had a labor or delivery complication. Missing prenatal information limits the usefulness of these records for research and may result in unnecessary tests or procedures or inappropriate medical care.

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